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📅 October 24, 2018 Patterns of Software Design ⏱ 3 minutes read

Software Design – The Bridge Pattern

The Bridge Pattern is commonly configured but often due to templates and generators rather than understanding the true intent. Since it is more of a design than code implementation, it can be easily missed. Nevertheless, it is…

📅 October 23, 2018 Google Cloud Tour ⏱ 2 minutes read

Using the Google Cloud SDK to Deploy Your Containers

Welcome to the 3rd and final part of our video on our Introduction to Google Cloud. In this final installment, we are going to continue on with our discussion on how to use the…

📅 October 22, 2018 Become a Better Developer ⏱ 3 minutes read

Loving Your Job or a Workaholic?

I should reiterate before I go into this topic that I am not a doctor. I also did not spend last night in a Holiday Inn Express. The next few paragraphs are not an informed…

📅 October 22, 2018 A Summary Of Amazon Services ⏱ 2 minutes read

AWS Customer Engagement Tools

You may think of Amazon web services as all technology-focused. That is not the case. There are plenty of offerings to help you run your business. In this episode, we look at a perfect example…

📅 October 19, 2018 Free and Low Cost Tools ⏱ 3 minutes read

Software Ticketing Systems – Free and Low-Cost

Bug tracking and software ticketing systems are used in every shop I have ever worked with. Some of these are decidedly low-tech solutions that are no more than a spreadsheet. Some of these solutions…

📅 October 17, 2018 Patterns of Software Design ⏱ 3 minutes read

Software Design – The Adapter Pattern

The Adapter Pattern is one of the easiest to understand and relate to the real world. We see adapters used every day and they have become a critical factor in our daily success. Almost every…

📅 October 16, 2018 Testing ⏱ 4 minutes read

Why Bother With Automated Testing?

I recently saw an article that questioned whether automated testing was a good investment. They essentially laid out an argument that automated testing tools are too expensive, too fragile, and never give a worthwhile…

📅 October 12, 2018 Free and Low Cost Tools ⏱ 3 minutes read

Customer Relationship Management Tools – Free and Low-Cost CRM

Customer Relationship Management Tools are big business. You can see examples in vast and expensive solutions like SalesForce.com. However, not every answer is world-class and focused on the enterprise customers. There are also plenty…

📅 October 10, 2018 Patterns of Software Design ⏱ 3 minutes read

Software Design – The Singleton Pattern

The last of the creation patterns we will cover is the Singleton. This is a pattern that has a little controversy around it and may even be an anti-pattern. It is easy to implement,…